Desc: Come Hell or High Water, Remembering the 1916 Flood: Directed by David Weintraub. The Great Flood of 1916 was Western North Carolina's worst natural disaster 100 years ago. The flood led to thousands of mudslides and landslides causing extensive damage and loss of life but it happened when relatively few people lived up on ridges or near streams. A flood of similar proportions today would be even more devastating. The film documents the lives that the flood touched, what we've learned and how the lessons of the Great Flood still impact us today.